UNC Women's Basketball

Complete coverage of North Carolina Women's Basketball.

UNC Women Overcome UT Martin in Thriller, 60-58

Xylina McDaniel made the shot down the stretch and then added a put back off an offensive rebound with 56 seconds left to put North Carolina ahead for good, helping the fourth-seeded Tar Heels overcome an 18-point second half deficit and defeat UT Martin 60-58 on Sunday. She finished with 14 points, helping UNC advance to a second-round matchup with No. 5 Michigan State on Tuesday. (GoHeels.com)

UNC women to open NCAAs today without Sylvia Hatchell

An edge the Tar Heels anticipated was the return of veteran coach Sylvia Hatchell today. Hatchell, who just completed a final round of cancer treatment, has missed the entire season and had hoped to return today, but that’s been pushed back. UNC might need all the advantages they do have at 3 p.m. in Carmichael Arena today (ESPN) when they meet No. 13 seed UT Martin. (Durham Herald-Sun)

Student-Athletes' Outreach Hours Top Last Year's Total

While representing the University of North Carolina in intercollegiate competition, UNC teams all focus on different numbers: goals scored, assists given, averages raised, rebounds grabbed, routines nailed, PRs run, distances covered. But here’s one impressive number on which they all worked together: 2176. (GoHeels.com)

DeShields, UNC freshmen ready for NCAA test

UNC forward Diamond DeShields, the espnW National Freshman of the Year, hasn’t been fazed by much during her first season of college basketball. But she seemed puzzled while watching the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship selection show Monday. UNC earned the No. 4 seed in the Stanford Region and will host No. 13 Tennessee-Martin in the first round on Sunday at Carmichael Arena. (Durham Herald-Sun)

Carolina Women Selected 4th Seed in Stanford Region

The UNC women's basketball team earned an at-large spot in the 2014 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship on Monday evening. Carolina, with an overall record of 24-9, is the No. 4-seed in the Stanford Region and will play No. 13-seed UT Martin (24-7) on Sunday in Chapel Hill at Carmichael Arena in a first round game. The game will tip at 3 p.m. (GoHeels.com)

espnW Selects Diamond DeShields As National Freshman Of The Year

North Carolina guard Diamond DeShields has been named National Freshman of the Year by espnW. DeShields, the 2014 Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Year and first team All-ACC selection, is averaging 18.0 points and 5.4 rebounds for the Tar Heels during the 2013-14 season. The Norcross, Ga., native ranks sixth nationally among freshmen in scoring. (GoHeels.com)

Gray and DeShields: Two in the zone

Diamond DeShields was the first freshman to be named ACC Player of the Week since 2002. Both she and Allisha Gray have crested 30 points in a game, the first time a UNC frosh has done so since Ivory Latta in 2003-04. Twenty years ago, UNC won that National Title, and now there’s these two first-year players want to add another one to the cupboard. (SLAM Online)

ACC Coaches Select Diamond DeShields As Rookie Of The Year

North Carolina's Diamond DeShields was voted ACC Rookie of the Year by the league's 15 head coaches, as announced Tuesday by Commissioner John Swofford. DeShields has made an immediate impact as a freshman, ranking ninth among ACC scorers at 18.0 points per game while also ranking among the conference leaders in steals (1.7 per game) and free-throw shooting (76.1 percent). (GoHeels.com)

Diamond DeShields, Allisha Gray Named All-ACC By Head Coaches

UNC freshmen Diamond DeShields and Allisha Gray earned all-conference honors from the 15 ACC head coaches, announced Monday. The voting was nearly identical to the Blue Ribbon Panel All-ACC selections that were announced on March 4. DeShields was a first team all-league selection as the only freshman named among the 15 players listed on the first and second teams. (GoHeels.com)

Carolina Women Hold Off Maryland In ACC Quarterfinals

UNC's Allisha Gray barely got to play in her ACC tournament debut. She more than made up for it in Friday night in the quarterfinals, turning in a big performance that helped make Maryland's final trip here a short one. Gray had 17 points and 10 rebounds to help the No. 13 Tar Heels beat the No. 8 Terrapins 73-70, sending UNC to the semifinals against Duke. (GoHeels.com)

Diamond DeShields Selected To Wooden Award Final Ballot

North Carolina guard Diamond DeShields is the only freshman selected to The John R. Wooden Award Ballot, announced Thursday by The Los Angeles Athletic Club. The Norcross, Ga., native averages 17.7 points and 5.5 rebounds for the 13th-ranked Tar Heels. DeShields was named Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Year on Wednesday and first team All-ACC on Tuesday. (GoHeels.com)

6th Seed UNC Women Play Thursday Night At ACC Tournament

North Carolina opens the 37th ACC Tournament Thursday at 8 p.m., against Wake Forest at the Greensboro Coliseum. Carolina finished the regular season with a 22-8 record and sixth in the league with a 10-6 mark. Wake Forest is the 11th seed and improved to 15-15 on the season with a 72-58 win over 14th seed Pittsburgh on Wednesday. Carolina is 6-1 against Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament. (GoHeels.com)

Diamond DeShields Named ACC Rookie of the Year

North Carolina guard Diamond DeShields was named ACC Rookie of the Year, ACC Commissioner John Swofford announced Wednesday. DeShields is the eighth Tar Heel to win the award and combines with teammate Xylina McDaniel in giving Carolina the last two award winners. DeShields set Carolina's freshman single-game and single-season scoring records during the 2013-14 season. (GoHeels.com)